Press Release
INGRES TO HIGHLIGHT NEW GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
Ingres Director of Development, Andrew Ross, to Speak at Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial 2009 Conference
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - October 21, 2009 - Ingres Corporation, the leading open source database management company and pioneer of the New Economics of IT, announced today that Andrew Ross, director of development at Ingres, will highlight new geospatial technology at the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) 2009 Conference this week in Sydney, Australia. Ross will give a presentation titled "Rearranging the Landscape of Spatial Database Technology" at the Parkside Auditorium on Thursday, October 22 at 1:30 p.m. (AEDT). To register for the event, please go to http://2009.foss4g.org/index.html.
Attendees of Ross' session on spatial database technology will learn how Ingres has added enhanced support for geospatial data and view highlights of ongoing geospatial research and development. Ingres geospatial capabilities provide an excellent option for managing map data and offer a platform for developing applications that are aware of location. In addition, Ross will discuss innovations in database technology that will positively impact how geospatial data is managed.
"Geospatial technology is on a steady path of integration into main stream information technology and mobile applications," said Ross. "Ingres Database implements open standards and shares high quality open source components from the OSGeo ecosystem. The Ingres Geospatial project offers a great combination of community based development, focused R&D, and a company backing the technology."
The international FOSS4G 2009 Conference showcases the technologies, standards, case studies, and geospatial trends up-heaving today's IT industry. For more details on how Ingres is entering the geospatial field, please visit our community site at http://community.ingres.com/wiki/IngresGeospatial.
About Ingres Corporation
Ingres is a leading open source database management company. We are one of the largest open source companies in the world and the pioneer of the New Economics of IT, providing open source solutions at a dramatically reduced cost compared with proprietary software vendors. As a leader in the New Economics of IT, Ingres delivers low cost and accelerated innovation to more than 10,000 customers worldwide.
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